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‘Severed Crossed Fingers’ is the closing song on St. Vincent’s eponymous album. Its title comes from a line in American novelist Lorrie Moore’s ‘Birds of America’ that reads:
“He thinks of severed, crossed fingers found perfectly survived in the wreckage of a local plane crash last year.”
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[Verse 1]
When your calling ain't calling back to you
I'll be side-stage mouthing lines for you
Humiliated by age, terrified of youth
I got hope, but my hope isn't helping you
[Chorus]
Spitting our guts from their gears
Draining our spleen over years
Find my severed crossed fingers in the rubble there
[Verse 2]
Wake up puddle-eyed, sleeping in a suit
The truth is ugly, well, I feel ugly too
We'll be heroes on every bar stool
Seeing double beats not seeing one of you
[Chorus]
Spitting our guts from their gears
Draining our spleen over years
Found my severed crossed fingers in the rubble there
[Post-Chorus]
Well, you stole the heart right out my chest
Changed the words that I know best
Found my severed crossed fingers in the rubble there
[Bridge]
Holding on and on, holding on and on
Holding on and on, on and on
Holding on and on, holding on and on
Holding on and on, on and on
Enough, enough, enough, enough
Enough, enough, enough, enough
Enough, enough, enough, enough
Enough, enough, enough, enough
[Chorus]
Spitting our guts from their gears
Draining our spleen over years
Find my severed crossed fingers in the rubble there
[Post-Chorus]
Well, you stole the heart right out my chest
Changed the words that I know best
Find my severed crossed fingers in the rubble there
Severed Crossed Fingers was written by St. Vincent.
Severed Crossed Fingers was produced by John Congleton.
St. Vincent released Severed Crossed Fingers on Mon Feb 24 2014.